Some new videos!

Here are a few videos from the last week for those of you that aren't on facebook. We got a bubble blower from the Celoria's for John's birthday. Really the gift was for Lainey, but Daddy has fun with it too. Landis loves them as much as Lainey does!



And on the 20th, we filled the baby pool and went for a swim. Lainey loves to play in the water. Bath time is her favorite time, so what could be better than a bath in the sun? It's amazing to me that we can go swimming at the end of October here while most of the rest of the country is complaining about how cold it is. Lainey loves to blow bubbles in the water and is very proud of herself, as you can see!




Thanks for watching!

Learning so much!

Lainey is picking up almost a word or sign per day these days. John and I want to sit down and write down all the words she knows so that we have a record of it for her first birthday. Just as an example, this week she learned the sign for bath and says "ba" (bath) and "buh-buh" (bubble). She is also attempting the sign for dance. Will takes her dancing almost every day. So far, her favorite is the waltz. We'll have to get this on video in the next few days. Lainey loves her 'Uncle Will' and asks him to hold her all the time so that they can dance. When he puts her down, she keeps dancing with her baby. It's really cute.

Lainey had a fever this week and seems to have a little bit of an intestinal bug. We are watching her carefully for dehydration, but she is drinking water and nursing well. She's refusing almost all of her solid foods though. Hopefully when this little illness passes, she'll be back to eating well. I was beginning to wean her, but I think we'll have to put that on hold until she is feeling better as I don't want her to become dehydrated.

We leave next Sunday for California. John will be having hip surgery on the 29th and we are celebrating Lainey's first birthday with the family!! It should be an eventful trip to say the least!

Cookie?

Yesterday morning, Lainey woke up around 8:15. She's been doing really well with sleeping the last few weeks. She's made it through the night from about 8-8 most of this week. On the days she doesn't make it, she's up around 6:30 for some milk and then goes back to sleep. She was having some milk yesterday, but it really didn't seem like she was all that interested. Next thing I know, she's looking up at me and says, "Coo-kee? Apple?" Then she signed eat and sat up. Obviously this child knows what she wants!

Another sweet morning moment happened today. We had a slightly overcast morning, so even though it was around 8 again, her room was very dark. After her milk she was resting her head on my shoulder and I kissed her on the cheek. She then picked up her head and planted an open-mouth, slobbery baby kiss on my nose. She couldn't see me in the dark and when she missed, she tried again. She then laid her head back down on my shoulder for a few more minutes. I am so not a morning person, but these moments are totally worth every second of missed sleep. She is so precious and I am soaking it up while I can!

www.laineyhudgins.com is closing

We haven't used the website in many months, as some of you have reminded me. The reality is that I don't know how to update it, and John is just too busy to do it each day. So, it will be coming down when the payment period for the hosting is over. I don't know exactly when that will be. The good news is that we will have all the files from it, so we can put it back up if ever we feel like it. Hopefully I will be better about updating here so that those without facebook can see some videos and pictures. Thanks for following us! It's been a wonderful year with our Lainey-Bug!

Wow, I'm really behind!

Since joining facebook, I've mostly posted Lainey updates and photos there. But I have a few friends (who will remain nameless) that have been bugging me about updating this blog also. So, I am going to try to add a few things here and there. Really, this blog is the best thing I have to keep track of Lainey's "firsts". So, perhaps I should stick with it! I don't have much time tonight, but here's a Lainey first for you.

Lainey got her first baby doll today. We had a $10 coupon for Kohl's, so we went there to see what we could get with it. After playing with all of the obnoxious electronic toys and listening to Elmo giggle, we found the babies. Lainey has loved the babies at the church nursery, but only has a cabbage patch kid at home. This baby was on sale for $9, so we got her for free! Lainey adores her already. She didn't put her down once we opened the package at home. She was rocking and kissing her all afternoon. She wanted to eat dinner with her, and she's sleeping with her now. It's very cute. She doesn't say the "B" letter sound in words yet, so she calls the baby Day-dee. Happy early Birthday Lainey!